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'CAP PQR P001" STEPS FOR SPINNINGr SPINDLES. y No. 357,226. Patented Feb-8,1887.v

N4 PETERS. Photo-lithograph, Washnman, n.0

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE PIOKFORD AND ELI JAGGER, OF OLDHAM, COUNTY OF LANCASTER,

` ENGLAND.

CAP FOR FOOT-STEPS FOR SPINNING-SPINDLESL VSPIllCIJEICA'JTIIT forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,226, dated'ZE'ebruary 8, 1887. Application filed March 24, 1886. i Serial No. V196,386. (Model.) Patented in England February il, 1885, No. 1.75/2.

specification.

This invention relates to covered or capped foot-steps;77 and it consists, first, in the com bination, with the step-rail and an ordinary footgstep having a cupped top flush with the rail, of a peculiarly-constructed cap having a downwardly-projecting foot-rim whichrests upon the rail, an elevated concaved or cupped top, which facilitates introducing the lubricant, and beneath said top a contracted inner shield, which confines the oil thrown off by the spindle and insures its immediate return to the step-chamber, the whole serving to eX- clude dust and dirt from the step-bearing and to economize oil without interfering with a rapid oiling operation nor with cleaning out the bearings when this is required.

It consists, further, iu a specific cap adapted to beeniployed and constructed, as hereinafter set forth, so as to be cheaply manufactured in a superior form.- Asheet of drawings accompanies this specification asa part thereof.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 of these drawings are vertical sections of peculiarly capped footsteps illustrating this invention, the same being shown as applied to a single rail. Fig. 4 is a like view of a preferred species of such peculiarlycapped foot-steps. y

Like letters of reference indicate correspond ing parts in the several gures.

Each of said peculiar1y-capped foot-steps comprises what we term an ordinary footstep, a-that is to say, one having a dished top, b, and sunk flush with thetop of the rail c, which supports it. The remainder of each of said capped foot-steps is a shield or cap, d,

having a downwardly-projecting foot-rim, e,

which rests on the rail around the foot-step proper, a concave or cupped top, f, which facilitates filling the bearings in customary manner, and a contracted inner shield,-g, which surrounds that portion ofthe spindle immediately above its contracted extremity or foot cupped topsf, and inner shields, g, being` formed separately of stamped sheetmetal and the latter of cup shapes. l, all said parts are united at the perimeter of the cap by a seam, h, formed by upsetting the edge of the top disk. In that form shown in In the former, Fig.

Fig. 2 the top disk and inner shield are so f united; but the foot-rimeembraces a cylindrical portion, i, of the inner shield, so as to slide lengthwise thereon,which provides for adjusting the cap to more or less shallow foot-steps,

as illustrated by dotted lines in the figure.

The cap d, Fig. 3, is struck up .from sheet metal in one part, and its inner shield, g, isin the forni of a depending cylindrical neck having a notch or notches, j, at its lower end, for the `passage of oil into and out of that portion of the step-chamber b outside thereof.

. The cap d, Fig. 4, isv composed of two parts, each vformed of stamped sheet metal, its said foot-rim e and cupped top f being formed' in one part and united with an inner shield, g, of inverted-cup shape, by a central eyeletjoint, k. So forming anduniting the parts insures a smooth IVfrictionless waist opening to embrace the spindle, and at the same time proy vides for cheaply manufacturing a superior form of the cap for general use.

For cleaning out the foot-steps the caps may be simply lifted or removed, for which purpose, it willbe observed, the cap. is in each `case adapted to be readily grasped between nger and thumb.

In lubricating the spindles the oil is poured into the cupped top of each cap and quickly nds its way into the step chamber below, while t-he latter,` during this operation and ordinarily, remains eovered,` so as'to preclude tot)l 2. The within-described two-part foot-step cap, comprisinga footrim and acupped top in one part, and en inner shield of inverted-cup shape united with the former by a central eyelet-joint, substantially as herein specified, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE PICKFORD. ELI JAGGER.

'Vitnesses:

JoHN SLATER, JOHN G. WILsoN 

